. History of the Fifth West Virginia Cavalry, formerly the Second Virginia Infantry, and of Battery G, First West Va. Light Artillery . JACOB G. SAMUEL J. BOYLES CO MP A NY HIS TOR K 5 9 Lathams company in May, 1S61. He was offered command of a com-pany of volunteers as well as other positions, but preferred to remain inthe ranks of his own company. He was the first member of the com-pany inside of the confederate lines at Laurel Hill, as a spy, near to(General Garnetts headquarters, and only escaped capture by ridingdown the middle of the creek at night, and after scrambling in theb
. History of the Fifth West Virginia Cavalry, formerly the Second Virginia Infantry, and of Battery G, First West Va. Light Artillery . JACOB G. SAMUEL J. BOYLES CO MP A NY HIS TOR K 5 9 Lathams company in May, 1S61. He was offered command of a com-pany of volunteers as well as other positions, but preferred to remain inthe ranks of his own company. He was the first member of the com-pany inside of the confederate lines at Laurel Hill, as a spy, near to(General Garnetts headquarters, and only escaped capture by ridingdown the middle of the creek at night, and after scrambling in thebrush and obstructions about the enemys position, in the dense dark-ness and rain, and narrowly escaping being shot, he reached his campat Phillippi the next morning. October 10, rS6i, he took four others of his company at Bealingtonand scouted on the lookout for a noted guerrilla, resulting in a combatwith bushwhackers and the death of Joe Wright, an account of whichis given in the history of the company. At Monterey he was detailedto the brigade department, yet at McDowell he was in the skirmish linewith his company, and was stunned by a musket ba
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